N4 - No Mechanical Breakdowns

I don't have an option anywhere in my N4 to turn on mechanical failures. I emailed Sierra regarding the problem and here is an interesting email I got back from them. ------------------------------------------ We hope that the information provided below will assist you in resolving your problem with your Sierra product. For your convenience, we have included both your original message and our reply. If you still have any questions, please let us know by replying in the manner described at the end of this message. Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you. ------------------------------------------------------------- Summary: According to the manual, I should have an option under damage to turn on mech... SUGGESTED SOLUTION: At 02/21/2001 04:47 PM we wrote - Thank you for contacting Sierra On-Line Technical Support. This was a planned option in the game that did not make it into the final retail version of the game. Sincerely. Hubert, Sierra Technical Support Description: According to the manual, I should have an option under damage to turn on mechanical failures. I don't have any such option on the screen. How do I activate it? If your issue remains unresolved, please update your incident at http://sierra.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/sierra/r?11=010216-0987&130=000982385634 You may also update this incident by replying to this message. Because your reply will be automatically processed, you MUST enter your reply in the space below. Text entered into any other part of this message will be discarded. [===> Please enter your reply below this line <===] [===> Please enter your reply above this line <===] *************************************************************** Note for AOL users: Please make sure to highlight this message in its entirety before hitting "Reply". This will help ensure that your message is processed correctly. ***************************************************************

This doesn't surprise me. At least they responded to you. Eric wrote in message ...

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>I don't have an option anywhere in my N4 to turn on mechanical failures. I >emailed Sierra regarding the problem and here is an interesting email I got >back from them. > >------------------------------------------ > >We hope that the information provided below will assist you in resolving >your problem with your Sierra product. For your convenience, we have >included both your original message and our reply. >If you still have any questions, please let us know by replying in the >manner described at the end of this message. >Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you. >------------------------------------------------------------- > >Summary: According to the manual, I should have an option under damage to >turn on mech... >SUGGESTED SOLUTION: >At 02/21/2001 04:47 PM we wrote - Thank you for contacting Sierra >On-Line Technical Support. > >This was a planned option in the game that did not make it into the >final retail version of the game. > >Sincerely. >Hubert, >Sierra Technical Support > > >Description: >According to the manual, I should have an option under damage to >turn on mechanical failures. I don't have any such option on the >screen. How do I activate it? > >If your issue remains unresolved, please update your incident at >http://sierra.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/sierra/r?11=010216-0987&130=000982385634 > >You may also update this incident by replying to this message. Because

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Look in N4 folder/players/folder with the name you picked to drive with/ and open the player ini. file, scroll down and you'll find mechanical breakdowns listed under teting,single race and world championship, enable it by putting a =1 and save changes. Don't know if it work's though, I just found it and I'm waiting to see if anything happens. Take care BP

Just a thought. Maybe Sierra was saying that mechanical breakdowns were going to be an OPTION, and that they decided that instead they would leave the breakdowns on all of the time. I have had engines blow and gears go away since getting the sim two weeks ago. Seems to me breakdowns are already occuring. Like I said, Just a thought. Mike

The breakdowns your experiencing would be from abuse. We can do enough to our cars to cause us trouble, without worrying about the computer picking on us randomly. -- Don Burnette "Race1530" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Just a thought. Maybe Sierra was saying that mechanical breakdowns were going > to be an OPTION, and that they decided that instead they would leave the > breakdowns on all of the time. I have had engines blow and gears go away since > getting the sim two weeks ago. Seems to me breakdowns are already occuring. > Like I said, Just a thought. > Mike

Don Burnette wrote: > > The breakdowns your experiencing would be from abuse. > We can do enough to our cars to cause us trouble, without worrying about the > computer picking on us randomly. > Amen to that! With the failure rate I get already, I think I'm glad Papy decided to leave it out. <g> -- Fester